[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16546]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   IN RECOGNITION OF ROBERT P. KASSIN

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 28, 2006

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, Sergeant Robert P. Kassin, 29, 
born in Flint, Michigan, died on July 16, 2006, in Afghanistan. 
Sergeant Kassin was assigned to the Army's C Company, 2nd Battalion, 
4th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division at Fort Polk, Louisiana, 
and according to initial reports was killed due to injuries when his 
dismounted patrol came under small arms fire. His survivors include his 
wife Judy; his two step-daughters; his son; and his mother and father 
Robert Joseph and Lucia Kassin of Clovis, New Mexico.
  Robert Kassin was a proud father and husband, and from a young age 
expressed a desire to serve his country in uniform. Like all soldiers, 
he dutifully left behind his family and loved ones to serve our country 
overseas.
  Words cannot express the sense of sadness we have for his family, and 
for the gratitude our country feels for his service. Sergeant Kassin 
died serving not just the United States, but the entire cause of 
liberty, on a noble mission to help spread the cause of freedom in Iraq 
and liberate an oppressed people from tyrannical rule. He was a true 
American.
  We will forever hold him closely in our hearts, and remember his 
sacrifice and that of his family as a remembrance of his bravery and 
willingness to serve. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for the House's 
remembrance on this mournful day.

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